Chloe has now tweeted a lengthy statement on her own page, claiming that she’s aware she isn’t the “first person to be trolled”, but admitting that she doesn’t think “freedom of speech” covers threatening somebody online.

My full statement. No, I don't think I'm the first person to be trolled,nor do I think threats are freedom of speech. pic.twitter.com/z4k7B6cNRG

In the tweet, she explains that she has been receiving Twitter abuse for as long as she has been using social media, but now feels the threats of sexual abuse have “crossed the line” into “criminal behaviour”.

She also calls for reform in the Communications Act, which she claims is outdated because it was made official in a time before social media had become “the most influential and powerful voice of the people”.

Chloe with her parents, Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan

Chloe first began to receive threats of rape after her mum suggested, during her debut appearance on ‘Loose Women’, that Ched’s sexual assault on a 19-year-old girl was “non-violent”, which she later publicly apologised for, following a massive backlash.